December 5, 2025Open Access

Interlocking inequalities, conflicts, and crises: COVID-19 and education

Key Points

COVID-19 exacerbates educational challenges across the Global South, affecting systems like in South Africa.
Experts highlight mounting crises faced by education systems that were already struggling pre-pandemic.
The analysis involves critical reflections based on a special issue of the Journal of Education focused on pandemics.
Findings point to urgent calls for reform in educational sectors to address intertwined crises and inequalities.

Abstract

Mere weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic, HSRC experts warned of the negative effect it could have on South Africa's education system, an effect felt in other countries too, particularly those in the Global South. Recently, a special issue of the Journal of Education used the COVID-19 pandemic as a starting point to interrogate and reflect critically on how crises and pandemics intersect with existing educational challenges.

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